Privacy Policy

Last updated August 22, 2026

With PDFTape, your files stay on your device. The PDFs and images you open are processed entirely on your own hardware — in your browser, in the Mac app, or on your iPhone or iPad. Your file contents are never uploaded to, transmitted to, or stored on our servers. This policy explains the limited data we do handle. How much of that applies to you depends on how you obtained the app — each App Store edition has its own section below.

The short version

Your files never leave your device. We cannot see, store, or access the documents you work on.
The Mac App Store edition collects no personal data at all — no account, no analytics, no network.
The iPhone and iPad app collects no personal data at all — no account, no analytics, no tracking. Purchases run through Apple, and nothing about them reaches us.
We do not sell your personal data.

Mac App Store edition

The version of PDFTape distributed through the Apple Mac App Store collects no personal data. It has no account, runs no analytics, and makes no network connections — your PDFs and images are processed entirely on your Mac. Purchases and any in-app purchases there are handled by Apple under Apple's own privacy policy; we do not receive your name, email, payment details, or any other personal information from those transactions.

The billing, license, and technical-data sections below apply only when you buy directly from us — not to the Mac App Store edition.

iPhone and iPad app

The version of PDFTape distributed through the Apple App Store for iPhone and iPad collects no personal data. It has no account, no login, no analytics, and no crash-reporting SDK.

Your documents stay on your device. Imported PDFs and photos, the documents you create, and their page thumbnails live only in the app's private sandbox. Scanning, edge detection and perspective correction, importing, merging, splitting, rotating, signing, form filling, compression, and page rasterizing all happen locally. No document data is sent to any server.
Files leave only when you send them. Documents reach Files, Mail, AirDrop, or another app through the system share sheet, and only when you choose to share them.
Backups. If you turn on device backups, iOS may include the app's data in an encrypted iCloud or computer backup. That is Apple's backup, not PDFTape sync — we cannot read it, and the app uploads nothing itself.
PDFTape Pro. PDFTape Pro is an optional one-time in-app purchase handled entirely by Apple through StoreKit, under Apple's own privacy policy. We run no purchase server. The app asks the App Store on your device whether your Apple ID owns PDFTape Pro and keeps only a local “unlocked” flag as a result. No payment details, receipts, purchase history, or account identifiers reach us, and the app contains no third-party purchase or analytics SDK. Restore purchases asks the App Store the same question again.
Permissions. The camera is requested only when you choose Scan, and is used solely by the system's on-device document scanner. Photos are read through the system's selected-photos picker, so the app sees only the images you pick; it never asks for full photo-library access.
Children. The iPhone and iPad app collects no data from anyone, including children.

Information we collect

This section describes pdftape.com, the website. It does not apply to the App Store editions of the app, which collect nothing — see the sections above.

Technical data — basic server and CDN logs (IP address, timestamps) kept briefly for security and abuse prevention. The website itself sets no tracking cookies.
Usage analytics — optional, privacy-preserving product analytics (which pages and features get used) processed by PostHog. The website uses it cookielessly with no cross-session identity; the Mac app asks for your consent first and stays off until you opt in, and you can turn it off any time in Settings. Either way it records only anonymous, aggregated events — never your file names, file contents, or any document data.

What we do not collect

We do not collect, upload, or store the contents of your PDFs or images. All merging, splitting, and converting happens locally. We do not use third-party advertising or cross-site tracking.

How we use information

To provide support and respond to your requests.
To keep the service secure and prevent abuse.
To meet legal and tax obligations.

Who we share information with

Infrastructure providers — hosting and email delivery vendors that process data on our behalf under contract.
Legal — where required by law or to protect our rights.

We do not sell or rent your personal data to anyone.

Data retention

We keep basic server logs and any optional analytics only as long as needed for security and to improve the product. You can request deletion of the data we hold at any time; some records may be retained where the law requires.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, export, or delete your personal data, and to object to certain processing. To exercise these rights, email support@pdftape.com.

Children

PDFTape is not directed to children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect their personal data.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by the “last updated” date above.

Questions? Email support@pdftape.com.